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host: ruchir sharma is joining us from new york. he is the author of the book "breakout nations: in pursuit of the next economic miracles." our apology for the technical issues. we hope to have you on for a full segment to talk about the book and take calls. thank you for being with us. we want to use this opportunity to hear from you. it is an open phone segment. no agenda, no specific questions. just tell us what is on your mind. the numbers are at the bottom of the screen. you can join us on our twitter page or send us an e-mail or on facebook. this is from "the new york times" front page. he is pointing out president obama plans to push congress to move quickly on an ambitious overhaul of the immigration system that would include a path to citizenship. this weekend, we focused on democrats urging the president to bypass republicans on the issue of the debt. one option democrats have advocated would involve the president is invoking the 14th amendment to declare a congressional action unnecessary for raising the limit. we show yo
host: ruchir sharma is joining us from new york. he is the author of the book "breakout nations: in pursuit of the next economic miracles." our apology for the technical issues. we hope to have you on for a full segment to talk about the book and take calls. thank you for being with us. we want to use this opportunity to hear from you. it is an open phone segment. no agenda, no specific questions. just tell us what is on your mind. the numbers are at the bottom of the screen. you can...
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and please america watch us in new york state. come to our aid, we need your help as much as you need ours. host: the role of government in solving america's problems. republican line virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. i was happy to see this question because obama seems to think that the government has the role of solving all of our problems and as the former person just said, slowly and surely our freedoms will be taken away. i mean it's a ridiculous concept in that there is nothing that gun control can do to prevent these horrendous thanges occurred in newtown understand colorado. i think what's happened is people have become desensitized, especially the younger people about life and death and certainly their values have eroded and the respect for elleders, everything, respect for your country. the love of country, my gosh, it's just terrible the way our values are just being taken away. and i really think it's this constant media all the time and all of the violence on tv and movies. it's far more destructive than w
and please america watch us in new york state. come to our aid, we need your help as much as you need ours. host: the role of government in solving america's problems. republican line virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. i was happy to see this question because obama seems to think that the government has the role of solving all of our problems and as the former person just said, slowly and surely our freedoms will be taken away. i mean it's a ridiculous concept in that there is...
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host: jay hancock, a senior correspondent with kaiser health news. keith from texas joins us. please turn down your tv. we will have to move on to steve in northampton, pa., on the independent line. caller: i have been working since i was 18, and i am now 50. every year since then everything with the health insurance has been pretty good for me and my family. but what i do not understand is what the health-care mandates and insurance companies receiving, which is essentially a tax from each individual in the country, to offset other cost for insurance companies, and i know the insurance companies to a lot of experimentation and stuff like that for future cures, and they do spend the money in those areas, but what i am concerned about is our government has not shown the bill to the people in fall of what exactly the expenses are going into the future. up in canada i know for a fact that if i was in an accident some more or had a fishing accident, and i was from out of the country, they would treat me first. i know for a fact that through the government health care of their, the
host: jay hancock, a senior correspondent with kaiser health news. keith from texas joins us. please turn down your tv. we will have to move on to steve in northampton, pa., on the independent line. caller: i have been working since i was 18, and i am now 50. every year since then everything with the health insurance has been pretty good for me and my family. but what i do not understand is what the health-care mandates and insurance companies receiving, which is essentially a tax from each...
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you start creating new terms and new things, you are automatically putting us in second class positions and one in which we have to fight all the time to be recognized and have people understand what our families are. host: and a question dealing with patapsco at -- -- the tax code -- guest: i don't even pretend to understand the tax code. the tax code is preferential for some people in some income levels and some circumstances and then other people talk about the marriage penalty under the tax code and it's not preferential. so i will stay away from the tax code, because the tax code is extremely confusing. and i don't think it's the real issue here. i'd love to see the tax code issue resolved. in the meantime, i'm much more interested in seeing lesbian and gay families be recognized and treated fairly by the government. host: president in his inaugural address earlier this week addressed the issue. the first time the word gay was used in an inaugural address. here's a portion of his speech. [video clip] >> we the people declare today that the most evident of truths that all of us are
you start creating new terms and new things, you are automatically putting us in second class positions and one in which we have to fight all the time to be recognized and have people understand what our families are. host: and a question dealing with patapsco at -- -- the tax code -- guest: i don't even pretend to understand the tax code. the tax code is preferential for some people in some income levels and some circumstances and then other people talk about the marriage penalty under the tax...
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host: chris is watching us in new jersey. caller: yes, good morning. host: good morning. caller: you said you might be interested in being on the budget committee and you are trying to reach across the aisle. i'm hoping you will do all you can to protect social security, medicare, and unemployment insurance. they're the only entitlements that i'm aware of. you pay into the system. youn it's time to collect, are entitled to do so. the of the stuff is social welfare programs -- the other stuff is social welfare programs. i hope you can stick your thumb and paul ryan's eyes. guest: we share a county in our district. i want to work with people. the talk about the balanced approach. we had a deficit in wisconsin. 49 states all high deficits. we have about $2 billion in recovery dollars. there were devastating cuts. i think we to continue that balanced approach. you cannot simply make cuts. it has to be a little of everything. i hope that is something we can talk about and i will advocate for. host: who are some other republican names you would like to reach out to and ask some
host: chris is watching us in new jersey. caller: yes, good morning. host: good morning. caller: you said you might be interested in being on the budget committee and you are trying to reach across the aisle. i'm hoping you will do all you can to protect social security, medicare, and unemployment insurance. they're the only entitlements that i'm aware of. you pay into the system. youn it's time to collect, are entitled to do so. the of the stuff is social welfare programs -- the other stuff is...
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thanks for joining us from new york. guest: a pleasure. host: the headline in the baltimore sun today -- secretary, what do you think about the president's remarks yesterday? it sounds like he will let congress take the lead if they can get rolling. guest: yes, i think the principles are pretty straightforward and very similar. it's pretty easy to agree to a set of principles. the real crunch will come in when you get into the details and when you get into the actual writing of a bill, which the last time was 700 pages. it gets into a level of complexity that sometimes we disregard. i don't think that's the part about a threat of sending his own bill was necessary. if we get to the stage where the president has to send his bill because the senate is not making progress on their bill, then i think we are done. then it's probably going to be another five years before we get to this again. i think that was the kind of threat that you could make, but no one wants to be in that position. the important thing is to have unity of purpose, get toge
thanks for joining us from new york. guest: a pleasure. host: the headline in the baltimore sun today -- secretary, what do you think about the president's remarks yesterday? it sounds like he will let congress take the lead if they can get rolling. guest: yes, i think the principles are pretty straightforward and very similar. it's pretty easy to agree to a set of principles. the real crunch will come in when you get into the details and when you get into the actual writing of a bill, which...
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host: joining us from near city this morning is max boot. here is the front page of "the new york times." we will hear from the secretary today. what is your reaction to this story? guest: i do not have their problems with this. women are ready in combat. this is something i talked about in my new book, "invisible armies." there is no escape. women are exposed to the danger of combat. lifting the ban makes sense. look to see if you want to have women in a small infantry platoon that may be on the front lines. that may or may not be appropriate. the blanket prohibition -- i think it makes sense to lift the blanket prohibition. host: the other big story was the testimony on benghazi. how much did you watch? guest: i do not think there were a lot of surprises. i don't think the senators landed very many blows on secretary of state clinton. all of the political hubbub about whether it would be an act of terrorism -- to me, a lot of that is white noise. there's not been an attempt to have stability in libya. the obama administration has been repe
host: joining us from near city this morning is max boot. here is the front page of "the new york times." we will hear from the secretary today. what is your reaction to this story? guest: i do not have their problems with this. women are ready in combat. this is something i talked about in my new book, "invisible armies." there is no escape. women are exposed to the danger of combat. lifting the ban makes sense. look to see if you want to have women in a small infantry...
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directed the attorney general to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies. those are a few more of the executive actions that the president signed yesterday. adam is in virginia. good morning. caller: i wanted to say, pretty much a contradictory statement. i an not one that calls and and said the last caller was completely ludicrous. he just contradicted himself as a gun owner stating that there are no loopholes within the sales of guns. he just so happen to have a loophole where he had a neighbor who had a daughter going to college, he would sell a weapon to that neighbor without a background check. that is exactly the loophole they are trying to alleviate. i am a gun owner. i have done two tors and afghanistan. i am not active duty anymore. i have seen the devastation they can cause. i do not think you should on one if you do not know the magnitude and the scope that can come from the mass devastation out of the ends of the barrels. host: listening to the president yes
directed the attorney general to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies. those are a few more of the executive actions that the president signed yesterday. adam is in virginia. good morning. caller: i wanted to say, pretty much a contradictory statement. i an not one that calls and and said the last caller was completely ludicrous. he just contradicted himself as a gun owner...
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linda from new jersey. caller: good morning. i come from a different perspective. i have been an esl teacher for many years. 95% of my students are illegal. i do not know how they get into the schools. many are young women and have 3 or four kids. if their children are entitled to medicaid and food stamps. patterson and passaic have the highest subsidized school lunch program because of undocumented workers or illegal people. is it fair for the taxpayers to have to pay for that. thank you for taking my call. guest: you are raising excellent points. public education, emergency medical care -- i could go on and on. the supreme court said illegal immigrant children are entitled to public education. they can be part of an enforcement program. that is not what the supreme court said. that decision has been one of the major magnet drawing people here. look at the welcoming page. it says many immigrants come here because of free education. it actually advertises that. making it possible for newcomers to get jobs. it is and outrage at what has been going on. it is a comple
linda from new jersey. caller: good morning. i come from a different perspective. i have been an esl teacher for many years. 95% of my students are illegal. i do not know how they get into the schools. many are young women and have 3 or four kids. if their children are entitled to medicaid and food stamps. patterson and passaic have the highest subsidized school lunch program because of undocumented workers or illegal people. is it fair for the taxpayers to have to pay for that. thank you for...
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because the original plan was to use a new, fenner albeit stronger -- and there was a lot of concerns that it was not a pipeline you want to experiment on, so they went back to the usual standards of thickness and materials. op-ed this pipeline has been reviewed by pipeline and hazardous materials agency. and it conforms to all of the standards. in fact, it exceeds all of the standards. host: hydrocarbons technology.com. 36 inch diameter pipes. switching to a story at npr. local reporters on the ground been states it will travel through, they say the keystone pipeline already exists but actually talking about the expansion, the keystone xl pipeline. let's hear from tom calling us from nebraska on the republican line. this directly affects you. caller:. thank you 30s bid. i have to disagree with people saying the pipeline should not go over the aquifer. they just got done repairing 2,500 feet going through my farm of a candor morgan oil pipeline. it is going right over the aquifer. it is within 200 yards of the south platte river. the water table is 1,500 feet. the oil originates from
because the original plan was to use a new, fenner albeit stronger -- and there was a lot of concerns that it was not a pipeline you want to experiment on, so they went back to the usual standards of thickness and materials. op-ed this pipeline has been reviewed by pipeline and hazardous materials agency. and it conforms to all of the standards. in fact, it exceeds all of the standards. host: hydrocarbons technology.com. 36 inch diameter pipes. switching to a story at npr. local reporters on...
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capitol police, thank you for joining us. this is a live view of the reviewing stand which faces lafayette park. the president and first family are expected to walk a short distance from about 15th street and new york avenue to the reviewing stand. the parade this year's estimate to get underway at mid afternoon, lasting about 2.5 hours. we will have along the mall in washington d.c., there are 2800 applicants to much in the parade, the first televised and not to ration and 1940 and with harry truman. the fund-raising goal this year, $50 million the shortage address those to our first president, george washington. the president will be saw today at noon at the white house, a trustee is on the phone. indianapolis, indiana. this morning. >> i was calling because prison obama done a good job. the cigarette with a man -- it was taken 24 years to do things that he had done things a year back. -- it will do things for him to do things a few years back. host: this is based on an interview that she joined us with that we took on frid
capitol police, thank you for joining us. this is a live view of the reviewing stand which faces lafayette park. the president and first family are expected to walk a short distance from about 15th street and new york avenue to the reviewing stand. the parade this year's estimate to get underway at mid afternoon, lasting about 2.5 hours. we will have along the mall in washington d.c., there are 2800 applicants to much in the parade, the first televised and not to ration and 1940 and with harry...
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with the presidential campaign behind us, a new season begins today." the references to hot-button topics, like gay rights and hot- button -- and climate change, it is said that "it was appropriate for him to make such views, and he did not do it in a way that was offensive. he advocated what he believed in." the lawmaker from alabama chastise the president by saying that he still advocates a larger, expansive government." the chairwoman of the house republican conference said "the president's out word words must be matched with actions regarding the country's fiscal health," suggesting a gulf between the two." good morning, your thoughts on the inaugural address? caller: i thought that it was wonderful. i thought that the speech was very insightful. the keylieve that's words were we the people. together we will do all the things we set out to do. host: he talked about preserving medicare, social security. he talked about climate change, equal rights for gay couples and women. is that your priority list? caller: maybe not in that order, but the presiden
with the presidential campaign behind us, a new season begins today." the references to hot-button topics, like gay rights and hot- button -- and climate change, it is said that "it was appropriate for him to make such views, and he did not do it in a way that was offensive. he advocated what he believed in." the lawmaker from alabama chastise the president by saying that he still advocates a larger, expansive government." the chairwoman of the house republican conference...
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update. >> "the new york times" reports the new cyber attacks on u.s. banks are different than prior attacks using networks of computers and data centers. a computer security expert says that the skill required to carry these attacks on this scale has convinced officials it is the work of iran. researchers found it was coming from around the world, and various cloud services had been infected with a sophisticated form of malware called it is so no problem bro. a settlement has been reached with the company accused of conspiring to tortured detainees has paid $5.5 million to former prisoners. a contractor of arlington, the virginia, is expected to go on trial over similar allegations this summer. former new mexico democratic governor bill richardson speaking earlier today in north korea says his delegation is pressing the country to put a moratorium on nuclear tests, and to allow cell phone and internet access for citizens. he said they are also asking for fair and humane treatment for an american citizen detained. also on the trip, google chairman eric
update. >> "the new york times" reports the new cyber attacks on u.s. banks are different than prior attacks using networks of computers and data centers. a computer security expert says that the skill required to carry these attacks on this scale has convinced officials it is the work of iran. researchers found it was coming from around the world, and various cloud services had been infected with a sophisticated form of malware called it is so no problem bro. a settlement has...
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what scares me is the news. seeing what would happen if i do this, what happens next. host: that's the fanciful stuff but does the same thing apply when they are seeing games with battlefields? guest: there are studies looking at content and how it affects people differently. in my research we use the m-mature rating as sort of a proxy for violent content but it's like saying the bible has violence and so does the "twilight" series, but it's different. caller: good morning. what is the -- it seems like the research that you have here, what would be the research on the difference between kids who like grow up in church? do you think that would have an effect on the violence and how they perceive it? because the saving knowledge of jesus christ could go a long way into solving our country's problems here. and reading john 3, 16:21 would be the first step. >> the caller is mentioning religious influences and the like. >> to my knowledge there aren't any studies looking at the religion related to media violence use. one of the things i'm concerned about is that i believe t
what scares me is the news. seeing what would happen if i do this, what happens next. host: that's the fanciful stuff but does the same thing apply when they are seeing games with battlefields? guest: there are studies looking at content and how it affects people differently. in my research we use the m-mature rating as sort of a proxy for violent content but it's like saying the bible has violence and so does the "twilight" series, but it's different. caller: good morning. what is...
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host: that was marlene from new jersey. i will not announce the name i in because i will miss it up. give us a call for the remaining time we have on this topic taking a look at timothy geithner's service. we had about 30 or so comments on the facebook page when the show started. probably more now. if you want to add on to that, facebook.com/cspan. stories from the paper this morning, "the new york daily news." that is from "the daily news." florida up next, warren on the democrats' line. caller: yes, i am very -- host: i'm going to ask you to stop listening to the television and talk. caller: i am very disturbed with the way tim geithner -- they are making it seem like he was in control of everything and brought us further under. i think he did a great job at straightening out wall street and saving the -- i am sorry. you make me nervous. saving the auto industry and so on. it was not really timothy geithner that did all of this. it was a team of people who did this. are acting as if tim geithner had the final say on all o
host: that was marlene from new jersey. i will not announce the name i in because i will miss it up. give us a call for the remaining time we have on this topic taking a look at timothy geithner's service. we had about 30 or so comments on the facebook page when the show started. probably more now. if you want to add on to that, facebook.com/cspan. stories from the paper this morning, "the new york daily news." that is from "the daily news." florida up next, warren on the...
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here's what he had to say. >> both new york and new jersey use it had international firm of mckinsey and company to assess and quantify the damage to our state. our professional staffs have spent countless hours with congressional staff providing backup documentation. host: at least from his assessment they took great care. guest: and the fact is that a lot of this isn't actually going to the state of new jersey or the state of new york. a lot of this funding is going to the federal agencies and then two is going to federal infrastructure. we've got money in there to repair the roof of the smithsonian, money in there for the roof of an arsenal in southwestern virginia and radford. we've got money for other federal facilities. so i'm not necessarily taking issue with governor christie and i don't know exactly how much and he didn't say how much the state of new jersey had asked for. but i think that we need to scrub these bills and we need to take the time. and i'm disappointed as well i'm sure the governor is that has taken this long and part of the reason in my opinion is the fact t
here's what he had to say. >> both new york and new jersey use it had international firm of mckinsey and company to assess and quantify the damage to our state. our professional staffs have spent countless hours with congressional staff providing backup documentation. host: at least from his assessment they took great care. guest: and the fact is that a lot of this isn't actually going to the state of new jersey or the state of new york. a lot of this funding is going to the federal...
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host: let us listen to the new governor of washington state. this is his recent inaugural address talking about climate change. [video clip] >> there is no greater challenge for washington with more opportunity for job growth in washignton and more suited to our particular brand of i ntinuity. it is clear to me that we are at the right state at the right time with the right people. we face great and immediate danger if we fail to act. nine out of 10 of the hottest years on record happened in the past decade. we have had epic flooding, searing drought, devastating wildfires, and rising tides along our coast. our pacific northwest waters, including puget sound, are becoming too acidic due to carbon pollution. part of our shellfish industry already have had to move last year. in eastern washington our long tradition of agriculture could be threatened if smoke -- the bank could fail if we do not act. as a parent and as a grandparent i cannot consciously accept the dangers of climate change for my family or yours. [applause] as a governor i cannot a
host: let us listen to the new governor of washington state. this is his recent inaugural address talking about climate change. [video clip] >> there is no greater challenge for washington with more opportunity for job growth in washignton and more suited to our particular brand of i ntinuity. it is clear to me that we are at the right state at the right time with the right people. we face great and immediate danger if we fail to act. nine out of 10 of the hottest years on record happened...
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host: sarah klein is here to talk to us about fda proposals for new food safety rules. welcome to the program. the u.s. food and drug administration proposed two new food sector rose. -- food safety rules. tellus, what are these two new rules and how are they supposed to make our food safer? guest: 48 million americans are getting sick from food each year. a% of the food in our country is regulated by the fda -- 80% of the food in our country is regulated by the fda. the meat and poultry cases in the grocery stores are usda. the stuff we're talking about is everything else. produce, canned soups, everything in the middle. that does create a funny situation when you have fda regulating cheese pizza and usda regulating pepperoni pizza, but that is the way it is. what these rules are designed to do is turn the u.s. day from what it has historically been, which is about reaction. an agency that said,said let's try to figure out the problem. now we're looking at being more preventative. what are the potential risks with the food reregulate, and how can we minimize those risk
host: sarah klein is here to talk to us about fda proposals for new food safety rules. welcome to the program. the u.s. food and drug administration proposed two new food sector rose. -- food safety rules. tellus, what are these two new rules and how are they supposed to make our food safer? guest: 48 million americans are getting sick from food each year. a% of the food in our country is regulated by the fda -- 80% of the food in our country is regulated by the fda. the meat and poultry cases...
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take us through that case. guest: that settlement was around -- it was designed to remedy some of the egregious for closure of practices that had harmed quite a few borrowers. these were the fraudulent filings that were made with bankruptcy courts across the country when borrowers or filing for bankruptcy. lenders work rubber-stamp think these things without examining them. when you're going through a bankruptcy process, the law requires banks and their representatives follow strict rules. they were not being followed. we had people forging signatures and filing fraudulent filings with the court. it was a disaster. there was an avalanche of foreclosures. the rule of law does not usually get thrown out the window just because there's a tremendous amount of work to be done. it was an egregious series of fraudulent filings. the banks had agreed last week to pay $8.5 billion to borrowers to remedy those situations. the settlement is so unclear. nobody has told anyone about who is going to get the money. if you had
take us through that case. guest: that settlement was around -- it was designed to remedy some of the egregious for closure of practices that had harmed quite a few borrowers. these were the fraudulent filings that were made with bankruptcy courts across the country when borrowers or filing for bankruptcy. lenders work rubber-stamp think these things without examining them. when you're going through a bankruptcy process, the law requires banks and their representatives follow strict rules. they...
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guest: if you have a new used car, so if you bought a car in 2009 or 2010, and are tired of it, that car is very valuable because we do not have a lot of car sales from those years. we sold 10 million units, not a lot. so if you have a used car, you can bargain the heck out of that. host: how do you go for a decent price? guest: you have to do your research. you have to go on to pricing websites. they have it down to is a code now. there are tools on line that consumers can use to go in and be educated when they go into a dealership and bargain with them. host: what are you looking at, other than what we are talking about? guest: we are looking at the car-truck split. this in the u.s. has been typically 50% car and 50% truck. we are leaning more towards car as we bring in smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles and consumers want that type of vehicle. we are estimating about 52% car for 2013, a little bit of a shift. host: when land, one more question. our electric vehicles starting to sell? guest: they are starting to sell. it is certainly something we are studying very closely. i thi
guest: if you have a new used car, so if you bought a car in 2009 or 2010, and are tired of it, that car is very valuable because we do not have a lot of car sales from those years. we sold 10 million units, not a lot. so if you have a used car, you can bargain the heck out of that. host: how do you go for a decent price? guest: you have to do your research. you have to go on to pricing websites. they have it down to is a code now. there are tools on line that consumers can use to go in and be...
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thanks for joining us. guest: my pleasure. host: i want to talk about the other news that came out of that interview between obama and hillary clinton on "60 minutes." clinton was clinton washer possibly -- was asked about her possibly running for president in 2016. guest: she did not make any news, that's for sure. they were both a little dodgy about the prospects of 2016. i imagine she will lay low for the foreseeable future when it comes to that. but she is right now the democratic front-runner, absolutely. the way it looks right now, she would help a pretty easy path to the nomination if she wanted it. host: did she make any news about her health and recent bout with a few different issues the has been dealing with? guest: she did not. she said she's doing fine. she is a covering. there's a lot of speculation about the glasses she was wearing at the benghazi hearing and if she suffering from double vision from the concussion and a blood clot, but it sounds like she is recovering and doing better. at least that is what she
thanks for joining us. guest: my pleasure. host: i want to talk about the other news that came out of that interview between obama and hillary clinton on "60 minutes." clinton was clinton washer possibly -- was asked about her possibly running for president in 2016. guest: she did not make any news, that's for sure. they were both a little dodgy about the prospects of 2016. i imagine she will lay low for the foreseeable future when it comes to that. but she is right now the democratic...
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this is a new era. this is a new opportunity for us to change our culture. it is something that we have to do. these recommendations are essential. host: president gee, thank you for being on the program. gordon gee is president of the ohio state university and chairman of the national commission on higher education attainment. you can find out more about the organization acemet.edu -- at acemet.edu. thank you for being on [video clip] -- "washington journal." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013]
this is a new era. this is a new opportunity for us to change our culture. it is something that we have to do. these recommendations are essential. host: president gee, thank you for being on the program. gordon gee is president of the ohio state university and chairman of the national commission on higher education attainment. you can find out more about the organization acemet.edu -- at acemet.edu. thank you for being on [video clip] -- "washington journal." [captioning performed by...
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host: "the new york times" reports -- guest: they are weary. they have been working so hard for us. i wonder if some conservatives, tom coburn, who is a very principled conservative in the senate from oklahoma, i guess what a lot of them thought was at least this is in the direction of a balanced budget, which is far better than 90% of the stuff that goes on around you, and that allowed them to vote for it. it does not progress the bigger issues, and it will not come as president obama told us, solve the problems. they will have to go back to the well and after more people. host: let's give viewers involved. from twitter -- what else was inside the bill the side the tax bill? what other bad laws are in this? guest: i do not know the particulars. final the boehner -- i know the boehner attempt that tried to make permanent for $1 million and below, that included some smart tech -- tax issues that would have closed loopholes and made part of the tax code more fair. i do not think that is included in this one. it was cobbled together quickly, and, of course, behind closed doors. to go b
host: "the new york times" reports -- guest: they are weary. they have been working so hard for us. i wonder if some conservatives, tom coburn, who is a very principled conservative in the senate from oklahoma, i guess what a lot of them thought was at least this is in the direction of a balanced budget, which is far better than 90% of the stuff that goes on around you, and that allowed them to vote for it. it does not progress the bigger issues, and it will not come as president...
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later, a staff reporter from mother jones joins us. his recent article is titled " the mass of new liberal plan to remake american politics." and we will also look at today's news and take your calls, e- mails, and tweets. "washington journal" is next ." host: the house approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief funding for victims of superstorm sandy by a vote of 241-180. now the bill goes to the senate for approval. offto offset part of the bill was defeated by republicans. we will get your take on president obama's decision to address the gun-control issue, sidestepping congressional approval. 202-585-3882 for all others. you can post your comments on facebook or send us a tweet. or send us an e-mail. president obama later this morning will be outlining the recommendations put forth by vice president joe biden. part of them will be some executive action. this is from our website, c- span.org. the president may also announced several executive orders which will take effect immediately to curb the violence. so, the assault weapons ban
later, a staff reporter from mother jones joins us. his recent article is titled " the mass of new liberal plan to remake american politics." and we will also look at today's news and take your calls, e- mails, and tweets. "washington journal" is next ." host: the house approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief funding for victims of superstorm sandy by a vote of 241-180. now the bill goes to the senate for approval. offto offset part of the bill was defeated by...
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thanks so much for being with us from new york city today. guest: thanks for having me. happy new year. host: why look into the future? guest: you know, the world as we know, the world did not end on december 21st. so, i think this is really good time to look -- we've been all sort of focused on that date, not all of us, some of us. this is a good time to look into the future. we have a very popular department that we do every month called 50 and 100 and 150 years ago. this is where we go back into the archives of scientific american and we pick out things that people were writing and a lot of things people were writing were predictions about what the future would bring. we thought that we would turn it on its head and actually just do a whole package of articles in our january issue which is out on newsstands now. it looks at what could happen scientifically, technologically in the next 50, 100 and 150 years. host: you look at things like drone. also nuclear issues. nuclear war happen and then the state animals where we see more zoos. you look at things like global warm
thanks so much for being with us from new york city today. guest: thanks for having me. happy new year. host: why look into the future? guest: you know, the world as we know, the world did not end on december 21st. so, i think this is really good time to look -- we've been all sort of focused on that date, not all of us, some of us. this is a good time to look into the future. we have a very popular department that we do every month called 50 and 100 and 150 years ago. this is where we go back...
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will the new congress be different? next is dave joining us from idaho independent line. caller: good morning. my comment is why any targets being brought against harry reid for not following the constitution? he's suppose to bring the budget. he hasn't. he called boehner a dictator but he doesn't bring any of the work that congress has done. my other question is, feinstein took an oath to the constitution for holding the constitution period. yes, she's for gun control and taking our rights away. we have the right to bear arms against a tyrannical government. why isn't this getting out there? she is break her oath of upholding the constitution. thank you. host: thank you for your calls. from the connecticut post with eye on the tragedy in newtown, connecticut, new senators sworn in as gun control is the focus for senator chris murphy, democrat from connecticut. he replaces joe lieberman. there is this cover story from the new york post. peace and this is student on a bus heading to sandy hook elementary school as the kids go back to school and from inside, it's good to le
will the new congress be different? next is dave joining us from idaho independent line. caller: good morning. my comment is why any targets being brought against harry reid for not following the constitution? he's suppose to bring the budget. he hasn't. he called boehner a dictator but he doesn't bring any of the work that congress has done. my other question is, feinstein took an oath to the constitution for holding the constitution period. yes, she's for gun control and taking our rights...
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send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook. also send us an e-mail. we are getting your reaction today to the nominations put out by the white house yesterday. president obama had a news conference to put forth chuck hegel as well as the john brennan. to head the cia. also, there are the headlines in the newspapers of syria, iran, peace in the middle east, etc so we want to get your take -- what to you think of foreign policy issues in 2013? here is some comments on our facebook page -- what is your take on this? we will get to your comments in a minute. the front page of "the washington post "- here is the front page of the huffington post this morning -- these are all the headlines in the huffington post this morning. about the nomination of chuck hagel for that position. the financial times this morning -- >> we go to missouri, a democratic caller -- caller: i am loving it. i am glad that obama picked chuck hagel. it is about time we got a real american hero that does not have to be vetted by cowards like lindsay gramm and the apac crowd. why doesn
send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook. also send us an e-mail. we are getting your reaction today to the nominations put out by the white house yesterday. president obama had a news conference to put forth chuck hegel as well as the john brennan. to head the cia. also, there are the headlines in the newspapers of syria, iran, peace in the middle east, etc so we want to get your take -- what to you think of foreign policy issues in 2013? here is some comments on our facebook page --...
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host: 20 in new york -- tony in new york. are you with us? caller: hi. thank you for taking my call. to hear what the representative is saying. there are a lot of points that i agree with. i believe the deficit should be paid. there seems to be no jobs that can bring in more revenue. i run a small company of rental properties. i've watched people go through hard budgets. unless there is more job creations in the united states -- jobs that were lost over the years going overseas -- i do not foresee any way within the next few years that these jobs will be here with windmills and solar panels. you can bring more revenue and more jobs into the country. i just do not see it happening in a short time. guest: that was a great point. the key there is the jobs. we need to focus on this fragile recovery. unemployment is too high. that could go up and it will co- op if bad things happen as a result of fiscal cliff and budget negotiations right now. if interest rates go up, that unemployment figure is going to go up. if we don't do something about the sequestration
host: 20 in new york -- tony in new york. are you with us? caller: hi. thank you for taking my call. to hear what the representative is saying. there are a lot of points that i agree with. i believe the deficit should be paid. there seems to be no jobs that can bring in more revenue. i run a small company of rental properties. i've watched people go through hard budgets. unless there is more job creations in the united states -- jobs that were lost over the years going overseas -- i do not...
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news for those dreamers. host: that was senator dick durbin, speaking yesterday about the dreamers, the nickname given to young adults who would be affected by the dream act. today pointing out that those who enter the u.s. as children and illegal immigrants, to work in agriculture, they would have a different path to citizenship. details have not been finalized. there are other provisions dealing with young people. a tweet comes to us from j. kirk -- host: here is the headline from "the arizona republic," this morning. "our immigration system is broken." governor jan brewer, republican of arizona, responded to this proposal yesterday by saying "our nation cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. specifically " host: james is up next in manassas, virginia. republican, hello, james. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am glad to see that this issue is finally being taken up. there are large numbers of illegal immigrants already here. if we come up with a solution that actually deals with both issu
news for those dreamers. host: that was senator dick durbin, speaking yesterday about the dreamers, the nickname given to young adults who would be affected by the dream act. today pointing out that those who enter the u.s. as children and illegal immigrants, to work in agriculture, they would have a different path to citizenship. details have not been finalized. there are other provisions dealing with young people. a tweet comes to us from j. kirk -- host: here is the headline from "the...
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host: you can join us on the facebook page. we are asking you about gun violence. what are the solutions. many already are weighing in and sharing their comments with and listeners on c-span radio. fox news has a story about gun violence with regard to chicago. this is the headline. chicago has one of the toughest gun laws in the country and also leads the nation in gun violence. john is joining us from you a clai claire, did eau claire, wisconsin. caller: i'm an n.r.a. member and i have concealed weapons. you cannot register guns. that is one thing they will push for. everybody will go underground. the guns will just disappear. second of all, if anybody knows history, the semiautomatic weapon has been in this country over 100 years. they are talking like it is a new item. one other thing, when the m-1 carbine was developed in prison 1940's.anyone 40tphepanyonehe - so people are not going to want to register their guns or register themselves in any way. host: "washington post" the white house is looking at solutions a broads strategy on gun violence in america. a r
host: you can join us on the facebook page. we are asking you about gun violence. what are the solutions. many already are weighing in and sharing their comments with and listeners on c-span radio. fox news has a story about gun violence with regard to chicago. this is the headline. chicago has one of the toughest gun laws in the country and also leads the nation in gun violence. john is joining us from you a clai claire, did eau claire, wisconsin. caller: i'm an n.r.a. member and i have...